A Christmas Carol

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec 5, 2012 - Fiction - 94 pages
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly, grim old man about to spend another Christmas alone and discontented. But his plans are overturned when three spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come are sent to Scrooge to show him the outcome of forsaking Christmas and the purpose of a Christmas well kept. Charles Dickens' beloved story and its heartwarming message have enjoyed lasting popularity since the book's first appearance in 1843.

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About the author (2012)

Charles Dickens, perhaps the best British novelist of the Victorian era, was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England on February 7, 1812. His happy early childhood was interrupted when his father was sent to debtors' prison, and young Dickens had to go to work in a factory at age twelve. Later, he took jobs as an office boy and journalist before publishing essays and stories in the 1830s. His first novel, The Pickwick Papers, made him a famous and popular author at the age of twenty-five. Subsequent works were published serially in periodicals and cemented his reputation as a master of colorful characterization, and as a harsh critic of social evils and corrupt institutions. His many books include Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836, and the couple had nine children before separating in 1858 when he began a long affair with Ellen Ternan, a young actress. Despite the scandal, Dickens remained a public figure, appearing often to read his fiction. He died in 1870, leaving his final novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished.

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